Grow a New Body: How Spirit and Power Plant Nutrients Can Transform Your Health

This book is a must read if you’re serious about living a healthy life. It’s full of useful information for a path to longevity

Everything Dr. Alberto Villoldo write is good well researched information.

I thought it was interesting that he identified supplements and talked in depth about what they do on a cellular level. The vitamins and supplements will cost you approx $250 for three weeks. Then, you have the 7 day program and the supplements are about the same cost. The "diet" menu plan is wicked strict. NO sugar, NO diary, NO meat, NO simple carbs, basically nothing but super nutrient dense foods and all organic. If you have a cooking background or a passion for nutrition, sure!!, GO FOR IT. Honestly I read the book three times. I had to copy the lists and recipes onto sheets of paper and carried a clip board with me. After the third time reading the book, I had to decide to commit. HUGE decision. Its a very cumbersome program and you must absolutely get your head right. Well I bought the supplements, and did everything he suggested. The only thing that I changed was that I bought small zip lock bags, (in the craft store) and put all of these supplements in the little portioned out bag. It was so much work every morning to coordinate these supplements. I bought the mct coconut oil in little packs. even the baking soda. and that seemed to keep me more on track. The only other thing is that damn cucumber in the Green goddess juice. I loathe the taste of cucumber and I substituted celery. Probably not much better for taste but a little. Also I didn't put seaweed in the broth. I just couldn't. So I lost 25 pounds total in four weeks. (and I swam and exercised often). weird things happened to my body. I had a swollen abdomen for years after a C-section and somehow that got better. My freckles (sun spots) faded. YEP shiny healthy skin. My gray hair started coming in brown like my natural color. (weird right?) I felt 20 years younger. NO more brain fog. I remembered stuff that I had not thought of in years. I was kinder, nicer and had a general feeling of gratitude everyday. My toenail that turned a weird color was pink and healthy again. My hearing improved, my eyesight improved, and my memory was back. I had a weird dry patch that I started to convince myself was a freaky cancer and that cleared up. My hair grew long and shiny too. I like the bio hack experiment but it was hard. I'm not doing it anymore but am doing a lesser version that I made up. I didn't go to the Amazon and be alone or drink nothing but water for three days. I mean, I have a career and a child to raise. SO....its a bit extreme but overall , I was pretty impressed. Its super difficult but worth it. I dont think its realistic to be as extreme as the book. I did get my old metal fillings removed which he recommended. The S-Boullardi thing freaked me out too. Kinda gross. BOTTOM line , there might be easier ways to lose weight but feeling good is worth it. The book is interesting thats for sure but somehow the voice in my head was like...."this guy is OUT there.....".

This book is so interesting and insightful. I have IBS with SIBO and IMO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and intestinal methanogen overgrowth), and I really absolutely couldn't take probiotics, they make those conditions worse. He makes clear to the reader to consult a dietitian or other health provider, but please, use a RD, prior to starting supplements or the diet. This is wise as what he recommended can really mess with some people. That said, he inspired me in many ways.I found it sad that he notes the disparity in health by socioeconomic status, and doesn't seem to express much empathy or concern over it. To me it was a statement of "if you're wealthy, you've got this". I believe the supplements cost a lot for this program as well as the food plan, and most people can't even afford rent right now, so this book feels like it is marketed towards those who have more than enough. I would love to see him address the social injustice of not everyone being able to access such healthy ways. Which would be very in line with the Amazon and other shamanic ways, I think.

Good information about diet and nutrientsI enjoyed listening to the book. Now it’s applying it and seeing how things work out. I’m still working on the diet and I didn’t want to wait to review this until I’ve tried the diet because that would be six months from now.

This book has changed our lives! It is a workbook for me, and I use it all the time. In fact I bought a wrought iron stand for it!

I have most of the books Dr. Villoldo has written and have benefitted immensely from all that he has given the world in his writing. He has presented what he knows to be true because I believe he practices what he writes about. He walks his talk. He has beautifully presented what he has learned over the many years of his life with devotion as a healer and teacher. He does not want we humans to continue to live cut off from nature in our unnatural environments, with unhealthy lifestyles, and unhealthy eating. I am grateful for the way he has put together what is now known in science about phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals, proteins, in short, what a select nutritional science recommends with ways to deeply connect with the natural world using techniques known by indigenous healers. He seems to combine what he has learned from the healers of the Amazon and Andes, the old Bon religion, Jungian psychology, behavioral psychology, his practice as a psychotherapist, and as a shaman himself, to guide us with knowledge, exercises, and rituals to get to the core of who we are and who we can become. I laugh with glee when I think about how he uses what physicists are now discovering: That we are a part of a universal living web of life that extends far out into the universe and that our smallest thoughts can have tremendous power to chain us in ignorance to the inside of our small mental prisons, or to be set free by accepting the invitation to explore how our thoughts and behavior can become powerful tools for change, healing and connection to the great web of life that we are a part of whether we know it or not. This book is a guide in how to practice new ways to heal, feel better, be happier and more energetic. I look forward to trying the recipes toward the end, and I accept the invitation to use supernaturally natural methods to heal myself. I can't think of anything better to do with my time and my life than to practice what is offered in this book. So wake up everybody, dive in and read it with me!!

All of Alberto Villoldo's books are excellent and this one is no exception. If you are serious about changing your eating habits and life style for optimum health then this book is for you. Easy to read and follow.

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I couldn’t put this book down! It’s an easy read, loads of relevant information, really interesting subject. I am looking forward to starting the seven day program and I’ve just started fasting. So maybe I will update this review in three months after I’ve done it and let you all know how I feel. If you are struggling with health it’s a worthy book and program to try.

Ce livre est une bombe et devrait être lu par tous ceux qui veulent vieillir en bonne santé et en harmonie …

I am writing this on day one after the one week grow a new body program. (This includes the detox before the program, but I did only 2 weeks not 3).Me: according to my scale overweight, I am enthusiastic about new diets just to quit after 3 days and drive into the supermarket to buy chocolate because, hey I was a good girl that day or the day was a mess, anyway I DESERVE it.There were literally voices inside that pushed me to do this. And it makes sense when Villoldo talks about them and where they come from: our fat cells, bacteria, fungus etc who crave for sugar. My sugar levels are high, I love that black diet brew beverage, I love my caffeine in the morning.I am a Forrest Yoga teacher and do psychedelic work, too so I know that overweight is not only ignoring health advice (we are not stupid, we all can read and know it is not healthy to eat sugar) but also working on the programs we get from our ancestors. Being overweight was seen as "fashion" for rich people in other centuries, others create a fat protection to the outside world. It is not easy at all, to ignore all this and do just a diet. We have to work on these things in order to make it successful.Villoldo as a shaman gives amazing recommendations how to face such moments because you will definitely come into situations where the body starts to rebel and you want to binge - just for the fungus inside who are making you angry, sad or moody.I am getting into detail because this is what you will get: a moody answer from inside to your efforts and you have to be stronger than that. The detox before the program helped me to silence these voices a lot so my body did not feel overwhelmed.The first day of the program was hard, headache (no caffeine) and I was weak (Villoldo recommends to start at the weekend and I agree). The second day headache was gone and I was ok in the morning but weak in the afternoon. The 3rd day I started to become a bit more energized but still rested a lot. I started to walk on the 4th day and I was tired afterwards. Although I already felt a change inside. The voices that forced me to jump into my car to buy chocolate BUT NOW!!! ...stopped.There was a not known silence from inside, I would even say calmness. No black berverage cravings, no sugar longings.From then on I started to feel better, I had more energy, saw clearer, less angrier, positive attitude my body was different. My brain felt different, thinking, meditating and patience has changed.On the 7th day I thought the "old thought pattern" of: do I really have to say good-bye to all the amazingly yummy sugary and fatty food and only drink green smoothies in the morning?Well, it took me 6 days to find a way to create my smoothie so I would really like it (to ad some mint leaves and lemon made a difference). To my own surprise, I did not feel hungry during the weekI feel good now, another attitude, I am proud I did the program and I want to keep on doing that good work by making better and healthier choices because I feel the difference.Well, yes, buying the supplements and organic food was not cheap but it is an investment in my body and of course, I will not throw them away now but keep taking them. I became a fan of the MCT coconut oil.Weight loss: yes, of course, because the diet is low calorie, but the clue is now keeping up with the good work, Now as the craving voices have shut up it is easier. I am optimistic that this book and program are my start into a new body. Not that kind of body that other women look at me and say oh wow, she looks so good in her bikini. But a body that I feel good in and an attitude that only what I think about me is important without wanting to meet society standards. And I feel good (having the song in my mind now!).Thanks for this incentive Alberto Villoldo, obviously it came on the right time for me, as I was standing at the crossroad towards becoming bigger or take the other direction. I had one foot on the wrong road but I feel I am on the right track now.